The World As I Found It Novels & Stories

Jesus, it can’t be! As our eyes met; warm hazel against cold, steely gray, I felt all the composure and confidence I’ve worked so hard to build crumble and disappear. What a small world! Who could have thought that I would stumble upon none other than the same man I woefully embarrassed myself in front of just the previous day!

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 3 𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒~~ 𝑖𝑣𝑦𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 Sophia

The wind didn't feel like a program; it bit at my skin with the honest chill of a Northern spring. Rowan let out a long, shaky breath, his forehead resting against mine. We stayed like that for a long time, two gods who had just survived the end of the world, listening to the first real birds begin to chirp in the distance. The old world was gone. The cages were open. And for the first time in history, the North was quiet because it was finally at peace. ONE YEAR LATER

He's packed my favorite food of turkey sandwiches, strawberries with whipped cream and my favorite flavored soda, Coca-Cola. "This looks great, baby," I say as he hands me a sandwich. Smiling as I unwrap it and begin eating with him as we talk. Looking fully around us, taking in fully the beautiful quiet location noticing that there weren't any others around us, "Babe, why is this place empty?" I ask before taking a sip of the drink. Archer blushes as he smiles fondly at me, "I found this place about a year ago and every time I've come here, it's always empty and I thought this would be a perfect spot for a picnic dinner for us."

I rested my face between my hands and laughed incredulously at how stupid I was at that not-so-distant time. In spite of everything, I felt happy to have learned a lot and grown from it all. The submissive and foolish Helena no longer existed and I couldn't be prouder. As Queen Beyoncé would say: Who run the world? Girls! Which meant that no man deserves to waste our time and our mental health. I opened the book, hoping that I could concentrate on the subject, since my mind kept focusing on only one thing: John and Cassie's breakup.

It started small, like a spark, then grew, filling every nerve, every fibre of her being. “Go! Go now, Clara!” her grandmother urged, her eyes glistening with tears and pride. Before Clara could question it, the warmth exploded outward. Time itself seemed to shiver. The firelight warped and stretched, the screams became distant echoes, and the ground beneath her feet disappeared. One moment, she was on scorched earth. The next, she was falling. The world around her blurred, colours and shapes twisting in impossible ways. She felt weightless, suspended between moments, suspended between worlds. Then, as suddenly, as it began, it ended.

ELIZABETH: When I finally opened my eyes, everything around me felt unfamiliar, as though I had been transported to a different world. The room was too bright, too sterile. The soft beeping of a machine beside me was the first sound I registered, a slow and steady rhythm that matched my own heartbeat. My body felt heavy, as if it wasn’t really mine, and a dull, persistent ache in my chest reminded me of what had happened. I blinked, trying to make sense of where I was, why I was here, and then it all came crashing back.

None of it had anything to do with me anymore. Their stories felt distant, so far away that I just wanted to live out my life in peace, tending my little shop. As time went on, I met another man. He was tall and slender, and his skin was so fair that it almost seemed as if the sun had never touched it. He blushed easily, but was careful in everything he did. After working part-time in my shop for quite a while, I just couldn't seem to find a single fault in him. One night, he confessed to me with a love letter and then pulled out a diamond ring so dazzling it nearly blinded me.

His family. ******** "Jagg". Ashwin back hugged Jagger who was standing in the window. "Yes love". Jagger turned to him to look into his warm chocolate eyes. He kissed his plump lips once. Before looking again in his eyes. "I Found Love. I found love when I expected it least". He whispered the same words that once Jagger said to him. Jagger felt his eyes pooled up with happy tears. "I Found love too Ashwin. When I expected it least". He ghosted those plump lips to seal the deal.

Her fingers tightened around his sleeve. For once, Adrian didn't pull away. For once, he looked just as shaken as she felt. Then another pulse rolled across the sky. The golden crack overhead widened. Not by inches. Not by feet. By miles. The entire world seemed to groan. Like a prison door finally beginning to break. And suddenly— everyone saw it. A vision. A glimpse. Another world. Floating islands. Golden oceans. Cities suspended in endless skies. Massive structures stretching beyond the horizon. A place so beautiful it hurt to look at.